Tire-fastener.



L n.. MAXWELL. El@ EASQENBR. ABEMQAHQR Bunn 'JULY a. 190e.

905,204. n "H/tented De. 1,1908.

' i NVENTOR.' A/MV l To all'whom it may concern:`

. Be 1t known that I, JONATHAN UNlTED :Smarts JONATHAN n. MAXWELL, or lframiv'rowN, NEW YORK.

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speoiacaaon e: Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 1. 190e.

'v Application met July 2, 199s. sentano. sae-,382'.

D. MAX? wnLL, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Tarrytown, inthe county of Westchester and State lof New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tire-Fasteners, .4 of which the following is aspeciication,l reference being' had therein to the accompanying dra-wings. This invention relates to improved Vmeans for detachably securing pneumatic and other rubber tires to wheel rims, and the object of the invention is to provide a simple, cheap and eilicient fastening which will securely hold the tire without bolts or-other devices passing through the tire or embedded therein and which may be quickly and easily manipulated to detach or. secure the tire in place. Y To this end the invention consists in providing a two part band or ring one part of which is secured `permanently to the rim and the other part detachably attached tothe edge 'of said part at one side ofthe rim so that it may be 'quickly released and takenl .away laterally, leaving the tire free, said tire being held by an inwardly turned flange on the. outer edge of each part embracing .outwardly extending ribs on the base of the v tire.

v new and useful features, all as hereinafter 'by a device embodying the invention; Figs.

' formed of said r' The inventionalso consists inv providing mterlockmg means for securing .the two .parts of the band together without bolts or similar parts, and to provide certain other more fully described reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a sectional perspective view of a part of a wheel with a tire secured thereto 2 and 3 are transverse sections through the wheel rim and tire fastening; Fig. 4, is a sectional perspective view ofthe parts of the :Fastening detached and separated.

As shown in the drawings 1 re resents the ordinary wooden rim of a vehic e `wheel to the periphery of which is permanently secured by boltsor otherwise, the sheet-meta1 ring 2 ormingthe fixed .member of a longitudinally div1ded securing band which is and a detachable ring 3, each of which rings is formed with an outwardly extending inwardly turned flange "4` at its outer edge to engage and hook over corresponding laterally extending lribs 5 on I the base of the tire casingl 6. The fixed ring .xtends across the facey of the rim, forming a seat for the tire, and projects laterally `from one edge of the rim to engage one-of the securing ribs on the tire, the other ring forming the opposite-projecting edge vof the securing band and being detachably attached to ring2by providing each with an inwardly extending interrupted flange 7 adjacent to the edge of the wheel rim. These flanges T maybe formed from an integral part of the rings or as shown in thedraw-ings may be formed by securing, by riveting or otherwise, a strip S to the inner surface of each ring and bending the edges of the strips up to form the flanges.' The` projecting por-v tions or lugs 9 of the interrupted flange on one ring are adapted to litinto the notches l() in the other ring and said notches are of such a depth that the lugs on the opposite ring enter said notches and pass beyond the line of the lugs on that ring, so that by 1nsevered at 12 by cutting the same slantingly across to form overlapping ends, and to remove the ring from between the lugs in detaching the tire, the free end of said ring is sprung inward.

without i the use of bolts or rods passing through the tire, neither are such means used to detachably hold the fastener, and thus the detaching and securing of the tire are greatly facilitated, and by making the securing band or rim in two parts, one edge of said band may be entirely removed, leaving the tire perfectly free so that it may be easily slipped oil laterally. n j

Havingthus'fully described the invention, whatI claim is l. The combination with a. wheel rim, of a Vring having a flange at one edge to engage and hold one edge of a tire and secured to the outer surface of the rim, a ring having a flange at one edge Ato engage and hold the opposite edgeof the. tire, inwardly extending interrupted flanges on the adjacent edges of said rings adapted to interlock, and a severed ring to engage and hold said llanges in their. locked position.

. 2. The combination with a wheel rim, of a ring having a flange at one ed'e to en age and hold an d e of a tire and secure to said riu, a ringl aving a' flange at one edge locked together. The securing ring 11 is- In'this construction the tire is firmly held to engage and hold the other edge of the tire,

l inwardly extending interrupted flanges on the severed securing ring adapted to lie between the lines of projections to lock the rings together.

3. A rim for 4conneetin a rubber tire to a wheel comprising a rim-p ate having a ange provided with cut away portions, a clamping ring provided with lugs which project through the out away portions of the flange,

and a locking rin mounted between the lugs and the ange, su stantially as specified.

4. A rim for connecting a rubber tire to a wheel comprising a rim-plate having an inwardly disposed flange provided with out away portions, a clamping ring fitted against the flange of the rim plate and provided with inwardly projecting angular lugs which fit Ainto the cut away portions of the flange and an expansibie locking rin mounted between tiheiiange and the lugs, su stantially as speciin presence of two witnesses.

JONATHAN D. MAXWELL. 'Witnessesz J. T. CoNNELL, C. P. MINOR.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature l 

